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Section: Policies
Policies
Little Sisters of the Poor Battles States Over Birth Control
Little Sisters of the Poor battles states in court over birth control mandate. The Catholic charity Little Sisters of the Poor is fighting an effort by California and Pennsylvania to block the Trump administration’s effort to roll back Obamacare’s birth control mandate. The charity was part of a large lawsuit brought by religious nonprofits that […]
November 29, 2017
Policies
Telehealth Program Improves Veterans’ Access to Care
The Birmingham Veterans Administration and Cullman County Health Department held a ribbon cutting Tuesday for a new telehealth program. The Alabama Public Health Telehealth Network allows veterans to go to the Cullman County Health Department and connect remotely for a visit with their provider in Birmingham, using a secure audio-video internet connection. Read More
November 29, 2017
Policies
GAO: VA Failed to Report Bad Medical Providers
A new GAO report exposes that Veterans Affairs shamefully put veterans lives at risk by failing its duty to report bad doctors and other clinicians. The GAO report confirms a USA Today report exposing VA has concealed and avoided investigations and mandated reporting of bad health care workers for many years. Maybe if VA had […]
November 29, 2017
Policies
What If Amazon Got Into the Pharmacy Business?
People are starting to seriously think about what it might mean if Amazon were to get into the healthcare industry. In a 70-page report released Monday, analysts at Morgan Stanley broke down all of the potential ways Amazon could get into the industry, at varying degrees of involvement. Read More
November 27, 2017
Policies
Anti-Smoking Ads Begin After Decade Of Delay
WASHINGTON — Decades after they were banned from the airwaves, Big Tobacco companies have returned to prime-time television, but not by choice. Under court order, the tobacco industry for the first time will be forced to advertise the deadly, addictive effects of smoking, more than 11 years after a judge ruled that the companies had […]
November 27, 2017
Policies
Obamacare Enrollment Surges in Wyoming
Three weeks into open enrollment, more than 8,300 Wyomingites have signed up for insurance on the health care exchange, a surge of nearly 2,000 people compared to a similar period last year. The figures, provided Wednesday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, show 8,348 people have purchased a plan through HealthCare.Gov between Nov. […]
November 27, 2017
Policies
Sticker Shock Comes with Legal Pot Market
LOS ANGELES — California’s legal marijuana marketplace is coming with a kaleidoscope of new taxes and fees that could influence where it’s grown, how pot cookies and other munchies are produced and the price tag on just about everything. Be ready for sticker shock. On a retail level, it costs about $35 to buy a […]
November 20, 2017
Policies
Pope Addresses Healthcare Disparities, Calls for “Compassion”
Vatican City, Nov 18, 2017 / 05:59 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis on Saturday sent a message to health workers and organizations, saying compassion is the heart of what they do, and stressed the need for a more equitable distribution resources and services throughout the world. “A healthcare organization that is efficient and capable of […]
November 20, 2017
Policies
Industry Insiders Pleased With HHS Pick
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., vowed Monday to vigorously oppose President Donald Trump’s nomination of a former pharmaceutical executive to serve as the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. But for the most part, hospitals and healthcare trade groups came out in support of Alex Azar. Azar, who served as the head […]
November 15, 2017
Policies
Scientists Issue Dire Warning to Humanity
Back in 1992, a group of scientists from around the world told us in no uncertain terms that we were ruining the planet Earth. Because of human actions such as deforestation, pollution and ozone depletion, we were on a dire course that would lead to a planet unable to support life. As you can imagine, […]
November 15, 2017
Policies
Court to Decide: Can School be Blamed for Suicide?
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Institute of Technology should be held responsible for the death of a graduate student who killed himself on campus in 2009 because officials knew he was a suicide risk and didn’t help him, an attorney for the man’s father told the state’s highest court Tuesday. Attorney Jeffrey Beeler is asking the […]
November 13, 2017
Policies
Democrats Seize on Election to Call for Healthcare Deal
Democrats on Wednesday seized on Obamacare enrollment figures as well as election wins for their party to urge Republican Senate leaders to pass a bipartisan healthcare bill. “If Republican leaders haven’t gotten the message voters made it pretty clear last night that they reject the deeply partisan message on healthcare,” Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the […]
November 13, 2017
Policies
Veterans Reveal Medical Marijuana Use
Joshua James Frey is clear: “Without medical marijuana I would be dead.” This Marine Corps veteran is a two-time Purple Heart awardee. He is among the former warfighters, led by the American Legion, who are on the frontlines of the fight for a sensible, federal medical marijuana policy. Read More
November 6, 2017
Policies
Notre Dame Will End Free Contraceptive Coverage
SOUTH BEND — University of Notre Dame employees will no longer be eligible for no-cost contraceptive coverage through a third party starting Jan. 1, 2018. The change also applies to students covered under the university’s health care plan. Read More
November 1, 2017
Policies
Opioid Panel Will Recommend Tighter Restrictions
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s commission on combating the opioid epidemic plans to encourage the federal government to establish drug courts in every federal judicial district, adjust reimbursement rates for addiction treatment, and streamline federal funding used by state and local governments to implement drug treatment and prevention programs, according to a draft of the panel’s […]
November 1, 2017
Policies
WWII Vet Gets Benefits for Mustard Gas Exposure
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. —A World War II veteran who says he was exposed to mustard gas experiments at a former southwest Missouri military camp has been awarded federal benefits. Missouri U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill announced October 23 that the Department of Veterans Affairs is granting Arla Harrell monthly benefits. He’s also getting back-benefits from the […]
October 30, 2017
Policies
Poll: Americans Want Bipartisan Obamacare Fix
NEW YORK (Reuters) – As Republican and Democratic lawmakers clash over the future of Obamacare, Americans largely are eager for a bipartisan solution to its shortcomings, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Thursday. The Oct. 14-23 poll found that 62 percent of Americans want former President Barack Obama’s healthcare law to be maintained, […]
October 30, 2017
Policies
Providers: No Funds, No solution to Opioid Crisis
Providers said on Thursday that President Donald Trump’s declaration that the opioid crisis is a national public health emergency is a good and necessary step to raise awareness about the epidemic, but on its own it won’t solve the problem. The declaration highlights the urgency of the problem, but the White House administration and Congress […]
October 30, 2017
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